Five reasons to have a Cafe racer

[nickjtc]

Erm. Let's not get too hot under the collar here. In the "old" days all you had to do (on the cheap) was sling a pair of ace bars on whatever you were riding, and voila, you had a café racer. Those were the days before cruisers, power cruisers, touring cruisers, sportbikes, sport tourers, adventure tourers, nakeds, motards.... old Uncle Tom Cobbly and all 

[NeilD]

have been messing around with my Thunderbird Sport.... doesnt have low bars so not a cafe racer i guess, and despite me having a beard i'm too old to be a hipster :) i think the purple metalflake paint and 3-1 is  what the young people call 'old skool' :)

(https://flic.kr/p/upHWou)2015-06-29 021 (https://flic.kr/p/upHWou) by neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/22730494@N06/), on Flickr

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[JayDub]

Strangely.... even with all the shiny and sparkly bits - I like that 

[nickjtc]

Strangely.... even with all the shiny and sparkly bits - I like that 

Especially the exhaust; yummy.

[NeilD]

Strangely.... even with all the shiny and sparkly bits - I like that 

just getting in touch with my feminine side 

exhaust sounds lovely, not too obtrusive at normal speed but proper howl as the revs rise !  and the four-pot brembo brakes are excellent..